HEIDELBERG, GERMANY: Bruker Corporation (Nasdaq: BRKR) introduced the acquisition of ACQUIFER Imaging GmbH, a pioneer in big-data administration options for bioimaging and high-content microscopy.
This acquisition provides high-performance on-premise processing, safe storage and networking technology that enhances Bruker’s superior fluorescence microscopy imaging products, such as light-sheet and super-resolution microscopy products, which generate excessive information content.
ACQUIFER’s flagship HIVE™ data administration systems feature a quick spine for very excessive data assortment speed and multicore, multi-GPU processing, in addition to scalable plug-and-play storage modules as much as the petabyte (PB) range.
The acquisition additionally includes the innovative IM04 Imaging Instrument, a robust, automated high-content imaging system for reproducible phenotypic screening of cells, whole organisms, and organoids. Financial particulars of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
“Cutting-edge bioresearch often requires high-performance big-data management, which HIVE can offer,” said Dr. Peter Zehetmayer, COO and Director for Sales & Marketing at ACQUIFER Imaging.
“In addition, our IM04 system expands Bruker’s fluorescence microscopy portfolio into the high-content screening arena. As a half of Bruker, we anticipate the ability to greatly expand the attain of our scientific computing and imaging applied sciences worldwide.”
“The ACQUIFER HIVE system was developed to maintain up with the ever-increasing quantity of data that life science analysis can generate. In mixture with Bruker’s fluorescence microscopy platforms, together with our light-sheet microscopy instrumentation, we can now offer a holistic solution for superior imaging and big-data management,” added Dr. Malte Wachsmuth, Managing Director and Head of Applications, Support & Service for Bruker’s Luxendo Light Sheet Microscopy Business.
“We are additionally very enthusiastic about augmenting our support for organoid, stem cell, and developmental biology analysis with the IM04 high-content screening system.”
Bruker Corporation is enabling scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that enhance the standard of human life. Bruker’s high-performance scientific devices and high-value analytical and diagnostic options allow scientists to discover life and supplies at molecular, cellular, and microscopic levels.
Founded in 2012 and based in Heidelberg, Germany, ACQUIFER is a private company, made up of two authorized entities: Acquifer Imaging GmbH and Deltabyte GmbH. Its flagship product, HIVE, is a high-end centralized workstation for picture processing, high-performance computing, deep learning, and big-data storage.